National, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eatonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98304. The Survey maps it on the Ashford quadrangle.

National within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1937 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Kapowsin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Ashford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of National between 1994 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	GOTCHA TRAIL
4 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SKATE CREEK ROAD
25 September 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
21 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	COPPER
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BEAVER HILL
16 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
15 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	KIBBELS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of National: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Mineral Creek	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Messler Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ashford	1.3 miles	15
Park Junction	4.5 miles	15
Elbe	7.3 miles	15
Reliance	11.2 miles	19
New Reliance	11.7 miles	19
Alder	12.8 miles	19
Longmire	12.9 miles	23
Eatonville	13.5 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1523587. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.